Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
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Articles | Volume 14, issue 9
Articles | Volume 14, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-6213-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-6213-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 14, issue 9
Research article
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28 Sep 2021
Research article |  | 28 Sep 2021

A compact static birefringent interferometer for the measurement of upper atmospheric winds: concept, design and lab performance

Tingyu Yan, Jeffery A. Langille, William E. Ward, William A. Gault, Alan Scott, Andrew Bell, Driss Touahiri, Sheng-Hai Zheng, and Chunmin Zhang

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High-resolution interferometers are routinely used to measure upper atmospheric motions by measuring small Doppler shifts in spectrally isolated airglow emissions. The birefringent interferometer presented in this paper has similar capabilities as several existing state-of-the-art instruments but is smaller and less complex to construct and operate. This paper presents the measurement technique and characterization of a lab prototype and examines the performance of the instrument.
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